Re this question; the OP reports that they didn't accept the bounty. The assumption then is that it was accepted by default upon expiration; this makes sense by the numbers, as (assuming that the +50 ...

The "featured" tab currently lists questions with open bounties, sorted by the time left until the bounty expires. Could we also add the ability to sort by largest bounty? Sometimes I'm looking for ...

I asked a question that went for a long time without getting a definite answer. Later, when I looked at my user page, I saw the text "Have you considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for ...

My rep went over 2,000 today which meant I could edit other people's posts. Great! Then I added a bounty to a previous question, which brought me back down to 1,984...and I can no longer edit other ...

Questions that offer bounty should NOT auto select the highest vote answer as the accepted answer. Currently after an answer has been auto-accepted, it can't even be unaccepted. This is not a desired ...

One of the main reasons I use bounties is to increase the attention and exposure to a question I have.
The problem is, I myself rarely answer bounty questions, even if I have a good contribution to ...

One thing that would be useful would be to have an RSS feed of whenever a question has a bounty put on it and when that question is decided. This would be a good way of featuring such questions and ...

Often more than one person contributes to the community coming up with the final accepted answer to a question. However, it is only possible to accept a single answer. Restricting to one final answer ...

One problem with bounties that has turned me off using them is that if you start one, you will have an answer selected and you may not get any good ones. I can understand the bounty having to end to ...

Similar to "How about making it possible to set up bounty on someone else’s question?", but a little less extreme..
Basically, you could "top up" the points of another users bounty (up to the current ...

I asked a question. I put up a bounty after a period with no answers, and there was only one answer. Nobody else answered, and one person voted this answer up (only one, no downvotes). I voted that ...

From the very beginning (see here), the idea to have to "pay" with your reputation points to set up a bounty makes me cringe.
But "featured question" is obviously a very good idea, and I welcome it.
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What is a bounty?
What is the "Featured" tab on the homepage?
How can I search for questions that have a bounty attached?
How do I start a bounty? When can I start a bounty?
What is the minimum amount ...